The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City